Improvement in clod-fenders for plows



itsconstruction and operation.

tubular collar or sleeve, A.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

IMPROVEMENT ,IN CLOD-FENDERS FOR P LOWS.

Specification forming part of'Letters Patent No. 106,064, dated August 2, 1870.

To all whom it may concern.-

e it known that l, WILLIAM B. KIDDER, of Pike township, in the county ot` Jay and State ot' Indiana, have invented certain Improve-r ments in @lod-Fenders for Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawing, making part ot' this specification, in which the iigurerepresents a perspective view of thefender and parts by`which it is secured to a plow-beam. l

' This invention relates to an attachment for plows and cultivators called a clod-fender,77 serving, as the naine intends to indicate, to protect the young crops, while cultivating among them, from heavy clods ot' earth falling upon them as such clods are turned up by the blade.

My improvement consistsin the combination 'and arrangement of the various parts of which the device is composed,was will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

To enable those skilled in the vart to make and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe In the annexed drawing, A representsthe screen or fender proper, eonsistingofa number ot' horizontal and for some distance parallel rods, all united at their forward ends in asin glestout bar which terminates in a transverse the fender is gradually curved upward from its horizontal portion, so as t-o enable it to surmountobstruotionsor unevenness ofthe ground with great ease, the other rods being similarly,

curved, as clearly shown.

B is a square bar of metal, of any desired length, terminating at one end in a round stud or Wrist, with a screw-'thread upon its outer portion. Upon this wrist the fender or screen A is pivoted by means ofits sleeve, after which The lowest rod of' such fender in place, permitting it, however, to swing freely on the wrist. At B', beginning at its wrist, the bar B is somewhat enlarged, and has an arm, O, swaged or otherwise secured to it, which, extending tirst downward for some distance, isthen' turned outward laterally -.to form a stop or support, C', against which the curved forward end ot' the screen rests.

The bar B and the screen or fender pivoted toit are secured to the beam E ot a plow or cultivator by means ot' eyebolts D D, slotted strap D', andnnts D2 D2, all together forming an adjustable clip, the slotted strap makingit adaptable to beams ot' different sizes.

By pushing the square bar outor in the fen er may be set at any desired distance from the beam, and it can ofcourse be attachedgtwany point thereon by the clip. I have in the'drawing the bar on top ofthe beam; but its pos'i'tion may be changedifthe height ot' the beam makes it desirable, and it placed under such beams.

The principal merits ot' this-clod-fender consist in its simplicity of construction and that its screen is not liable to get clogged. Itsrear end, beingleft entirely unobstructed by'crossbars, permits weeds and olods to pass off from it readily. Ihis clearing is also aided by the jolting motion ot the screen 'as it passes over the uneven ground.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

A clod-tender combining in its construction an adjustable bar, B, arm U Cthereon, and a screen, A, pivoted to such bar, substantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereot1 I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. A

I WILLIAM B. RIDDER. Witnesses:

SAMUEL BROWN, CHARLES F. HEADINGTON. 

